Improved compound for cleaning- cloth and other fabrics



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Letters Patent No. 103,747, dated Bfay 31,1870.

. W I mpnovnn COMPOUND ron CLEANING- CLOTH AND omen FABRICS.

1 The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent: and making part cfthe same To all whom it may concern I Be it known that I, Fnnmzmx TnuMAx Hoszroox, of Fulton City, in the county of \Vhiteside and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Cleansing Compound; and I do hereby declare the following tube a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled .in the art to which my invention appertains to'iuake and use the same.-

My invention has for its object to provide an improved cleansingcompound which shall-effectually remove dirt and stains of all descriptions from cloth and other filbrics without injuring the same.

In carrying ont u'iy-invention for thenmnufilctnre of a compound to be put up in blocks or cakes for them-Irket, I use the follmving ingredients in about the proportions mentioned: v

One quart of slgim milk and one quart of soft water are poured together into any suitable vessel'and heated until ebnllition occurs.

While this liquid is boiling the following ingredients are added:

H'alfpiut sweet oil, two pounds beef tallow, quarter pint kerosene oil, and half pound soda ash, and the boiling continued for about two hours.

To the compound thus produced I add one and a half pound pulverized magnesia, thrceounces of borax, and one pound of sal soZlI- After boiling for about ten minutes, four ounces of spirits of turpentine, two ounces of spirits of ammouia, and six ounces ofimlcoholmrmadded, and the whole mass poured into molds. of the desired form and allowed to cool for use.

For the manufacture of a liquid compoundI mix two gallons of skim milk and seven gallons of soft water in a suitable vessel and boil together, as before mentioned. v

To this I add, in the following order, four pounds of tallow, onepound of soda-ash, one pound of oilmen], one pint of kerosene oil, half pint of ammonia,

one pint ot' turpentine, one and a halt pint alcohol, and one pound of pulverized resin.

This compound should be allowed to boil, being constantly agitated, for about one hour before the ammonia, turpentine, and alcohol are added. and about fire minutes afterward.

The whole'is then removed from the fire', and after having been strained is ready for use.

Having thus described my invention,

WhotI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The cleansing compound, consisting of the ingredi euts mixed together in the proportions and manner substantially as specified. I

. FRANKLIN TRUMAN HUNTOON.

Witnesses: g

WM. J. McCoy. C. S. SMITH. 3 i 

